Symbol par excellence of the city of Paris, capital of France, and one of the most visited monuments in the world, the Eiffel Tower will remain closed to the public today due to a strike by its employees. The unexpected decision was announced by Sete, the company that manages the website. The employees chose to protest not on any day, but on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of engineer Gustave Eiffel “to denounce the current management, which is throwing Sete against the wall”, declared the CGT union in a statement. Press release.
A strike that, as explained, was launched on the same day as engineer Eiffel’s death – which occurred on December 27, 1923, at the age of 91. Even today, Eiffel is remembered, not only in France, but throughout the world, as the brilliant creator of a vast architectural heritage, made up of hundreds of works on all continents, as well as inventions in the areas of meteorology and aerodynamics. Precisely for all these reasons, the descendants presented a formal request to transfer their remains to the Pantheon.
Source: IL Tempo
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